The National
Solar Power Research Institute, Inc. (NSPRI) endeavors to
help the public answer some of the most pressing questions
for the future. With the endurance of an increasingly global
society produced by the great advances made in both
transportation and communications, social policies have a
dramatic impact upon the environment. Social policies which
do not fully account for their environmental impacts may
prove to be fatal for humanity.

The Earth
itself can be considered to be a living organism. Just as
the human body can withstand many small injuries and mush
sickness, it can be hurt to the point where there is not
recovery. Such may be the case with the Earth. There is
almost certainly a point to which it can be pushed and still
recover, but strain to the ecosystem beyond that point will
send the ecosystem into a permanently destructive spiral.
Life itself will probably survive in some form and may one
day flourish again. However, humanity will be
destroyed.

Sooner or
later, human society will probably destroy the capabilities
of the Earth to sustain human life. However, the National
Solar Power Research Institute is attempting to bring
information to the public that will help to shape policies
to (1) slow the destruction of the Earth's ecosystem and (2)
increase the progress in establishing cost,effective,
self-sustaining communities in space and on other
planets.

NSPRI is a
California nonprofit corporation primarily staffed by
volunteers is a variety of fields. All officers and
directors are volunteers. NSPRI has no formal affiliation
with any university or government. Our total budget has been
under $5,000 per year and there are no plans to increase it
beyond that amount. This allows us to focus on purposes of
the organization rather than administrative and funding
issues. It also reduces pressures to engage in activities
and fact-finding which support the political agendas of
large donors or sponsors.